Great Weekend!

My family came down this weekend and I had a lot of fun. For Christmas I got basketball tickets for my grandparents to see Nebraska vs. Texas Tech. They came down two years ago for this game as well, and I wanted to do this again for them because I know how much my grandma loves basketball. Mom decided this year she wanted to come too and it worked out perfect that it was a weekend game so she only had to take Friday off of work. I thought about getting Kansas tickets for them instead, but it was in the middle of the week and that just wouldn't have worked out as well. Friday night Mom took us, Drake, Teetz and Britt out to dinner as a late birthday dinner for me, since I wasn't home on my actual birthday. I know I have a lot of birthdays, but come on, how many princesses do you really know? I got to choose, so of course I picked Red Lobster, my most favorite restaurant of all. Then Teetz and I hung out at the hotel with my family for a while, then he left and I stayed with the fam. Saturday we all went to the game together, minus Drake, because he doesn't really dig Nebrasketball, then we went to Cracker Barrell afterward because it is tradition when my family is in town that we go there, so all of us, minus Britt this time, went out for dinner again. Mom took me to Wal-Mart for stuff I didn't completely and totally need, but it was fun nonetheless. I got a new carrying case for my scrapbook stuff and some seasonal paper and a new scissors. Yay. I know, I know, I should have had her buy me practical stuff, like food, but she did that too so it's all good. Teetz went out last night then, and I definitely didn't go because 1) my family was in town, duh, and 2) he was with Jake and Jake's girlfriend, who I really can't stand because she is so fake. Plus, I got to hang with the family and Teetz would be so proud of me because we watched some of the Olympics. I decided I want to do the ski jump thingy because I think it would be awesome. I'd probably fall though and end up breaking something, like my neck. Drake and I hung out there til late and talked for a while. Then this morning my family, Drake and I all met for breakfast and that was good too. All in all, it was a very good weekend, even though it is always tough when my family leaves. But I'll hopefully be going home soon so I can see them and Holden and Nicholas too.

Blue Day for Texas

What a day! Actually, what a last couple of days. I just watched the Duke/Texas game, and this match-up was so important for a couple reasons:

- Duke and Texas are ranked 1 and 2 respectively
- Everyone and their brother hates Duke
- Both teams were unbeaten at 8-0
- Some critics contend Texas is better than Duke and should be #1

WELL BITCHES, YOU CAN SHUT UP NOW BECAUSE DUKE SLAUGHTERED TEXAS 97-66.

(pre-game write-up)

Yes, you read that correctly. The #1 team in the nation beat the #2 team in the nation by 31 points. How glorious. My Saturday is now perfect. Also, JJ Redick had a career high 41 points. No Duke player has scored more than forty points since Danny Ferry did it 15 years ago, to this day. JJ is amazing. I am a little concerned about the comparisons to Shane Battier, who is quite possibly the best Duke basketball player ever, but there are definitely elements in JJ's style of play that are reminiscent of Shane's days in a Blue Devil uniform.

Drake and I were kind of talking about Duke players and their NBA careers. There are few, if any, Duke players who have gone on to have highly successful, championship-blessed professional careers. Jason Williams probably would have, if he had not had that motorcycle accident a couple years ago, and Chris Duhon and Shane Battier are having success as individuals, as well as Carlos Boozer, but they are by no means the superstars they were when they wore Duke uniforms. I don't think is a bad thing. Coach K consistently recruits really good players, but they are solid team players. He doesn't go for the flashy guys who would no doubt be ball-hogs, because that is not the style of basketball Duke plays. Yes, JJ Redick is certainly a star on the team, but he developed into that role, while still learning from Daniel Ewing and Chris Duhon. Few Duke players leave before they graduate, and I think this speaks highly of Coach K and the school as well. He isn't just grooming these guys to be basketball players, education is important as well and he stresses that. He is one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time, thus why he was chosen to coach the Olympic team in 2008. Haters can shut their mouths for a little while at least.

God, I love basketball season, can you tell?

In the world of college football however, news is just as glorious. One of the biggest douche bag coaches in the game was fired this past week and he goes by the name of Gary Barnett. Thank God this happened, though it is something that should have been a long time ago when all the shit came out about the female kicker and those allegations. Bottom line, Barnett is an asshole and deserves to never coach again. He deserves to turn out like Ben Stiller's character at the end of Dodgeball. There are truly no words to convey how much contempt I have for this sub-human. He is disgusting, he is just, ugh.

We went out last night to celebrate graduation a little early, since Teetz will not be able to attend. He bought me lots of drinks. It was great.

At least they're an ACC team, I guess

The championship game was last night and as I figured, the Tar Heels won. Basically, I hate Illinois. I think they suck ass and were never worthy of a #1 ranking for the ridiculous number of weeks they held such position. The Big 10 was WEAK this year, so of course they were undefeated until the fluke at the end of the season when Ohio State beat them. Basically, they suck. As much as I hate North Carolina with a fiery passion (because I will be a Blue Devil until the day I die, and I still will probably be even in Hell too) they are still from the ACC. The ACC is the best basketball conference in the country, hands down. The Tar Heels were the true test, and Illinois failed miserably. The only way I would have given them any credit whatsoever was if they could beat North Carolina, a far superior team. Alas, Illinois sucked ass throughout the entire game and were beaten by a team much better than they could ever hope to be. I think with as many upsets as there were in this tournament (remember the team that used to be the Kansas Jayhawks?), this does not count as a typical "upset". I heard some of the commentators saying some stupid bullshit about how the #2 ranked team (that would be UNC for those of you who are slooooow) upset the #1 team, that is not an upset. An upset is when a 14-seed beats a 3-seed (again a Kansas reference, I just love the fact that Kansas really sucked it hard at the end of the season.)

Of course I am disappointed Duke felt they needed to lose to Michigan State but lets face it, we were not as strong this year as we have been in the past and Coach K did amazing things with this team and we still got a #1 seed in the tourney. I think it is pretty craptastic JJ Redick didn't win the Naismith, but Bogut got it because everyone loves an Australian accent. Oh, and he's a pretty decent player too. Don't worry though, I have faith in Redick, he'll get it next year, as long as he doesn't slump at the worst possible time (i.e. TOURNEY TIME like he did this year.)

The Final Four is set, and UNL is a dirty old French whore

...Unfortunately. My brackets for this March Madness are the worst I have ever had. My championship game was set to be Wake vs. Duke, and of course that is not going to happen. I can't stand any of the teams left, so I am in a pickle...do I cheer for the ACC team, who is Duke's biggest rival? Or do I cheer for Illinois, a team severely overrated? I mean, come on, of course they did well, the Big 10 was weak this year. I could cheer for Louisville, the team coached by Rick Pitino, who knocked my Gophers out in the Final Four back in '97 when he coached at Kentucky, or I could cheer for Michigan State, the team who knocked my Blue Devils out this year. Illinois may be the lesser of four evils, but can you really forgive such a ridiculously overhyped team? I think not. I'm rooting for Louisville.

I got accepted to student teach next fall. Only one more semester and I can stop giving money to this damn place. I really loath UNL, and sometimes wish I had just applied to Duke in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends and all, and Lincoln itself, well, we all know Lincoln is way better than Omaha, because look at the type of people who actually come from Omaha. They're just not good people. I just don't like giving money to the school, that's all, because as far as my education goes, most of what I have learned in my methods classes are common sense. People do not need to go to college to be good teachers, either you have IT or you don't, and I have IT. But alas, every school system in the country requires that pesky little piece of paper, so I don't have much choice. Not only that, but some of the school policies are really lame, specifically the ones pertaining to alcohol, candles, and cohabitation. I don't know why they bother having policies against things they really have no control over, it is ridiculous. I can not wait to get out of here.

In Mourning

Okay, first of, I think blogs are lame, who really gives a fuck about what is going on in anyone else's life because everyone is so wrapped up in their own problems to care. But I am bored and sitting in the Nerdhart Honors Lab with Teetz because he is scanning some pictures for his climate presentation and everyone knows I am co-dependent and needy and have to go wherever Teetz goes, so here I am. But, I decided to start a blog anyone because I am bored and this way maybe my ADHD will be kept in check long enough for Teetz to get his work done. He's kind of cranky this morning, and it's totally not my fault, but now he is blogging too so he's not working anyway.

Duke lost, and I am very upset about this. My brackets are all fucked up and now the only teams that are left in the Elite 8 that I actually chose are Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina. I hate North Carolina because everyone knows Duke > North Carolina. I hate Kentucky, also because I am a Duke fan, and Illinois sucks because they are one of the most overrated programs in the history of college basketball. The Big 10 was not nearly as strong as it used to be, so of course Illinois is going to look that much better and as much as I dislike Ohio State, I have never cheered so loud for them as I did the day they beat Illinois. I have no one left to cheer for in the tourney anymore, except Louisville, and I am not even that much of a fan, because Pitino of course, used to coach at Kentucky and why do I hate Kentucky, yep, because of Duke, and because they beat Minnesota in the Final Four back in 1997. Granted, it was a long time ago, but for people who really understand sports, they know why it still matters.